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September 02, 2018

The Ohr-Steele Breakfast Struck A Nerve

The report that retired MI-6 dirt-dogger Steele had briefed senior FBI veteran Ohr about the infamous Steel dossier at a July 30 meeting has struck a nerve.

The NY Times has a river of leaks from the Ohr/FBI/Clinton/Comey side explaining their long time relationship. Since both were involved with probing the Russian mob, large parts of the story ring true.

However! Folks with a long memory (or for those to whom it seems like a long time) this theme of 'controversial leaks followed by exculpatory leaks' is a replay of the May 16, 2018 Times story about the genesis of "Crossfire Hurricane". Back then, when the controversy was whether the Steele dossier had fueled the Carter Page FISA warrant, we were assured that "Crossfire Hurricane" had been launched on July 31 in response to the news that George Papadopoulos had been tipped about Russian possession of emails. We can feel the drama in the lead:

WASHINGTON — Within hours of opening an investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia in the summer of 2016, the F.B.I. dispatched a pair of agents to London on a mission so secretive that all but a handful of officials were kept in the dark.

Their assignment, which has not been previously reported, was to meet the Australian ambassador, who had evidence that one of Donald J. Trump’s advisers knew in advance about Russian election meddling. After tense deliberations between Washington and Canberra, top Australian officials broke with diplomatic protocol and allowed the ambassador, Alexander Downer, to sit for an F.B.I. interview to describe his meeting with the campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos.

The agents summarized their highly unusual interview and sent word to Washington on Aug. 2, 2016, two days after the investigation was opened. Their report helped provide the foundation for a case that, a year ago Thursday, became the special counsel investigation. But at the time, a small group of F.B.I. officials knew it by its code name: Crossfire Hurricane.

Deep in the story the dossier appears:

The F.B.I. bureaucracy did agents no favors. In July, a retired British spy named Christopher Steele approached a friend in the F.B.I. overseas and provided reports linking Trump campaign officials to Russia. But the documents meandered around the F.B.I. organizational chart, former officials said. Only in mid-September, congressional investigators say, did the records reach the Crossfire Hurricane team.

Mr. Steele was gathering information about Mr. Trump as a private investigator for Fusion GPS, a firm paid by Democrats. But he was also considered highly credible, having helped agents unravel complicated cases.

Hmm. So now we know that the "friend in the F.B.I. overseas" was Ohr, and that Crossfire Hurricane was launched the day after the dossier was presented. Kind of buried the lede there.

To be fair, there is no way the FBI responded exclusively to the dossier by formally opening an investigation one day later. But asking me to believe it took Ohr several weeks to tip off his colleagues? Please.

maryrose, it is clear that Francis elevated McCarrick to an advisory role even after Vigano warned him about McCarrick. There is a substantial gay cabal within the Curia whose goal is to change the Church's teaching on homosexuality. Similarly-minded priests (gay and straight, but mostly gay) are entrenched throughout the world. Francis is their guy.

It is all coming out. If the laity remains silent, as Francis has instructed, then it can only benefit this insurrection from within.

All the virtue signaling, SJW nonsense has been good for simplifying my life.

All Nike stuff will be thrown out.
My Mastercard is cancelled.
No more shopping at Target or Dicks or Nordstrom.
All McCain, Romney, & W stuff has been thrown out. (I kept Palin things)
All newspapers & magazines were cancelled years ago.
Only a rare movie, no cable, & hardly watch TV.

I'm sure there are other things I'm forgetting.
Anyway, it simplifies life.

A friend of mine lost her husband several weeks ago after a long illness with cancer. This morning she woke up and found her husband's wedding ring that had been missing for at least 6 months. She told me she felt like her husband had sent it to her to comfort her. I got tingles all over when she told me. I believe God led her find it but either way its a lovely story I think.

I got in trouble in college for removing the "swoosh" from my shoes. Nike sponsored us, by the third year they had wearable shoes. (Their first attempt at screw in cleats had the sockets punching through the soles... dangerous to wear). I always removed the stripes from my adidas and Pumas, but Nike got bent out of shape over it.

Haven't bought a Nike shoe ever. Although I admit the Mitre shoes they rebranded in 79 were awesome. ;)

BINGO Porchlight. We (me) have been silent for too long. It's not even about the political bullshit. The CHURCH needs to clean up it's mess.
I'm not going to be silent. I was at Mass at 7:30 am today. IF, my Parish and my Pastor don't get with the program, they (he) are going to hear from me. I'm not alone.

Thanks for that link! I ordered the Inaugural t-shirt. I figured if I got one with "Trump" on it my daughter would go ballistic. Maybe I will be braver later in the year and can order one of those.

She was bitching at me today because I am always wearing t-shirts with holes. Since I am usually cleaning house, I don't want to wear one of my good polo shirts around here and I haven't had money to buy clothing for 3 years.

I figure buying a Trump Inaugural shirt was a good way to start replenishing my wardrobe. Ha!

Janet, at some point someone is going to hire SPRUCE JENNER or whatever he calls himself now.

It's attempted VIRTUE $IGNALLING. It got it's start with HARD LEFT FULL COMMIES attempting to portray themselves as loving kind hearted and warm.

Show me a WARM KINDED HEARTED FULL COMMIE. There are 2 reasons for these FRAUDS. Number one, is that they SUCKER those they have sway over. High Schools, NEARLY EVERY UNIVERSITY and TEEEEVEEEEEEEEEEE.
The idiots march lock step. Some grow up, some don't. They have no real virtue in life, just a sense of arrogance and moral superiority.
Abortion. Is that a HEALTH CARE ISSUE, a WOMYNS RIGHTS issue, or a MORAL issue.

Ask any morally superior leftist, and they will scream that it's a womans RIGHT to kill her baby.
It's HER body. Hmmmmmm, it would seem SOMEONE elses body is in the mix here.
So, I HATE WOMYN. End of story.

I see that John Kerry, the father of the now terminated Iran deal, is thinking of running for President. I should only be so lucky - although the field that is currently assembling looks really good - FOR ME!

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria must not recklessly attack Idlib Province. The Russians and Iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. Hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. Don’t let that happen!

The thing about that NYT distraction, Miss Marple, is that they think it provides cover for the bad actors. It doesn't. It makes the lack of a defensive briefing to the Trump campaign even more damning. They'll never be able to reconcile that fact. And that's the problem with a complex scheme like they tried to implement - too many risk variables...

Ogling, groping, racists, racism, accused-rapists, mean-girl snubs, inappropriate rants, cheap shots delivered to humiliate invited guests as the crowd roars its approval… No, this was not a sorority hazing or a prison riot or the last gasp of Ancient Rome; it was how America’s establishment behaved at the funerals for Aretha Franklin and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

The mug is great because it's big & I'm a coffee addict.
I mostly wear Deplorables t-shirts. They feel safer here in Northern Virginia....& I use the MAGA leash with Jess.
I have the red cap (& some others) but I only wore it to the inauguration.